Click on image to see detail, Botanical illustration, July 2008, 8x10" watercolor on bristol board

Basil drawing, 2009, 6 x 7" pen and ink on bristol board


(Just a very teeny tiny sampling of the medical illustrations I've been doing for awhile now... please excuse the low resolution!)

DINOSAUR EXHIBIT ILLUSTRATIONS, ECOTARIUM MUSEUM, AUGUST 2007


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Coelophysis


Coelophysis skeleton


Interactive balance puzzle


Lesothosaurus


Dilophosaurus


Plateosaurus

Some older stuff: OUTDOOR SIGN PROJECT EXAMPLES, ECOTARIUM MUSEUM, 2006-2007

Fox signage, 2007:


Illustrations:




Eagle signage, 2006:

"ATTACK OF THE BLOODSUCKERS" EXHIBIT, ECOTARIUM MUSEUM, FALL 2006


This was without a doubt the most difficult illustration project I have ever worked on. I had only just started to learn Adobe Illustrator when it became clear that I would need to use the program exclusively for the next seven months or so. It was quite a challenge, but the results were well worth the vision we had during our initial meetings last April. Thanks to the EcoTarium Museum's exhibit design staff, Jane's Trust Foundation, my friend Andrew Tang, and Chris Danemayer of Proun Design, I am now completely proficient in one of Adobe's more complicated design programs, not to mention the "Marvel Romance Comic Book" style the exhibit manifested itself under graphically. I also know way more about designing for print than I would care to, especially when it comes to limited Pantone pallets and transparencies!

Leeches Poster ("Creature From the Black Lagoon" spoof)
(displayed next to the leeches tank)


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"Swamp Water Ballet" Poster
(displayed next to the mosquito breeding tank)

This is the strangest concept I have ever been asked to illustrate: "Synchronized swimming in a swamp with a mosquito larvae water ballet." I did the best I could.


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Mosquito Cockpit Entry Poster


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Cockpit area interactive panels (exterior):

"Seabee" Mosquito Logo

I created this logo illustration to be used as the Bloodsucker's mascot. This mosquito appears in various colors throughout the exhibit in posters and interactives and was used for marketing purposes.

Bed Bug, one of many bloodsucking insects drawn for the "Twitcher" Twister Game

First sketch for Living Room Wall Panel



Living Room Wall Panel



Yard Scene Wall Panel

Deck Scene Wall Panel


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Leech Tank

Mosquito Life Cycle


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Mosquito Breeding Tank

How Attractive Are You to Mosquitoes?


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Mosquito Bite Reactions

Arms Interactive





Watch a short video of the exhibit!

Only two of these creatures actually suck blood
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Payara "Vampire Fish" (or is it a "Dracula Fish"?)
Not a bloodsucker.

Paracanthopoma "Dracula Fish" (or is it a "Vampire Fish"?)
Bloodsucker.

Cinclodes antarcticus "Tussock Bird"
Bloodsucker.

Alternative Graphic/Illustrative Style Samples for the Bloodsuckers Exhibit

These two illustrations were both rejected graphic styles I came up with for the exhibit. We thought the "Edward Gorey" style was too creepy and problematically uncolorful, and the "1950's Horror Poster" style too scary. What we ended up with was a "Marvel Romance Comic Book" style with horror poster concepts.

"TREEHOUSES" EXHIBIT, ECOTARIUM MUSEUM, SPRING 2006

I wish I could say that I helped design the structural look of this exhibit (which is one of the most beautiful I've seen the EcoTarium create thus far), but alas, I only served to illustrate the tree-dwellers in the interactive components. Still, this is by far my favorite exhibit in terms of aesthetics and overall conceptualization.











Watch a short video of the exhibit!

Treehouse Exhibit Animal Illustration Sample
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